Thank you Skip. I've been running it that way for a week or and just
got around to checking--there are more programs on my machine that use
the Cygwin DLL than I had thought. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't
on thin ice and didn't know it!
Tim, N9PUZ
kh6ty wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> Fldigi will look first for the one in the same folder as fldigi.exe, so
> just make sure the latest is in there and keep them together. The latest
> public release is 3.11.5, which you can download at
> http://w1hkj.com/NBEMS/, and includes the latest cygwin1.dll. I doubt if
> the other programs will look in the folder with fldigi.exe. Just leave
> the folder intact and create a shortcut from fldigi.exe to the Desktop
> or elsewhere and you probably already do. You can leave the other
> cygwin1.dll's where they are.
>
> 73, Skip KH6TY
>
> Tim N9PUZ wrote:
>>
>> FLDigi uses the cygwin1.dll file in it's Windows installation. There
>> is a caution in the documentation that it is bad ju ju to have
>> multiple cygwin1.dll files on your computer because they may be
>> different versions and not get along. The docs say the dll needs to be
>> in the same directory as the executable but don't really say how to
>> resolve the issue of needing more than one copy.
>>
>> What's the proper way to handle this?
>>
>> I ask because a search of drive C: shows 6 copies of cygwin1.dll for
>> various applications I use.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim, N9PUZ
>>
>>
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